Night Shift premiered

July 30, 1982
One of Ron Howard’s early movie directorial efforts Night Shift, opened on this date.

Henry Winkler was scheduled to begin principal photography for this movie in New York City during his holiday hiatus from Happy Days, and would resume the following year, following production of the ninth season of Happy Days. Winkler worked a total of nine days on-location in New York City before filming picked up again that day in California. Winkler worked on this movie Mondays through Wednesdays while concurrently shooting Happy Days on Thursdays and Fridays.

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